"Root cellar located in Bryant’s Cove currently owned by Heber Parson. Cellar was constructed by Heber Parsons paternal grandfather over 100 years ago. It continued to be used by Heber’s parent’s Chesley and Clara Parsons, until their...

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Root cellar located in Bryant’s Cove currently owned by Heber Parson. Cellar was constructed by Heber Parsons paternal grandfather over 100 years ago. It continued to be used by Heber’s parent’s Chesley and Clara Parsons, until their...

Former root cellar located in Upper Island Cove built in 1951 by James McCarthy (1916-1996). Currently owned by James McCarthy’s nephew, Leo McCarthy. Cellar was used to store carrot, potato and turnip grown on property until the late 1990s....

Root cellar owned by Bill Lamswood on St. Thomas’ Line, Portugal Cove -St. Phillips. The cellars is located in the barn and enter through a hatch entrance. It is roughly 2.5m x 4m. It has built in pounds and is used even today for the storage of...

Root cellar owned by Bill Lamswood on St. Thomas’ Line, Portugal Cove -St. Phillips. The cellars is located in the barn and enter through a hatch entrance. It is roughly 2.5m x 4m. It has built in pounds and is used even today for the storage of...

Heber Parsons talks about his ties to Bryant’s Cove; about his family root cellar and small farm; growing potatoes, carrot, turnip, beets, cabbage, and making hay; how the vegetables were stored in the cellar; maintenance of cellar; ventilation...

Root cellar built into the side of a hill in Upper Island Cove owned by Harold Mercer (1921-1986). Harold Mercer used to store potatoes, carrot, turnip and cabbage that he grew and sold to family and other residents of Upper Island Cove and...

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Root cellar located in Bryant’s Cove currently owned by Heber Parson. Cellar was constructed by Heber Parsons paternal grandfather over 100 years ago. It continued to be used by Heber’s parent’s Chesley and Clara Parsons, until their...

Root cellar owned by Bill Lamswood on St. Thomas’ Line, Portugal Cove -St. Phillips. The cellars is located in the barn and enter through a hatch entrance. It is roughly 2.5m x 4m. It has built in pounds and is used even today for the storage of...

Root cellar owned by Bill Lamswood on St. Thomas’ Line, Portugal Cove -St. Phillips. The cellars is located in the barn and enter through a hatch entrance. It is roughly 2.5m x 4m. It has built in pounds and is used even today for the storage of...

Root cellar built into the side of a hill in Upper Island Cove owned by Harold Mercer (1921-1986). Harold Mercer used to store potatoes, carrot, turnip and cabbage that he grew and sold to family and other residents of Upper Island Cove and...

Former root cellar located in Upper Island Cove built in 1951 by James McCarthy (1916-1996). Currently owned by James McCarthy’s nephew, Leo McCarthy. Cellar was used to store carrot, potato and turnip grown on property until the late 1990s....

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Root cellar located in Bryant’s Cove currently owned by Heber Parson. Cellar was constructed by Heber Parsons paternal grandfather over 100 years ago. It continued to be used by Heber’s parent’s Chesley and Clara Parsons, until their...

Root cellar owned by Bill Lamswood on St. Thomas’ Line, Portugal Cove -St. Phillips. The cellars is located in the barn and enter through a hatch entrance. It is roughly 2.5m x 4m. It has built in pounds and is used even today for the storage of...

Root cellar owned by Bill Lamswood on St. Thomas’ Line, Portugal Cove -St. Phillips. The cellars is located in the barn and enter through a hatch entrance. It is roughly 2.5m x 4m. It has built in pounds and is used even today for the storage of...

Ross Traverse talks about the use of root cellars in Newfoundland for keeping items like berries etc. Along with root vegetables; discusses how root cellars were cold storage that did not freeze that was ideal for storing potatoes which was the...

Former Wyse residence, Placentia. Discussed by Elaine Murray in audio interview. William Wyse lived in house and grew vegetables in adjacent gardens. Potatoes, carrots, cabbage and turnip were stored in stone foundation root cellar once located at...

A set of five posters on the practice of gardens in Newfoundland and Labrador, compiled by the Agricultural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador circa 2010-2011. The first two panels give an overview of gardens and gardening techniques, the...

For over two hundred years six generations of the Fahey family have farmed and made a life on a parcel of land in Chapel’s Cove, Conception Bay. By 1801 Irish immigrant Edward Fahey had cleared 9 acres. The family fished, produced root vegetables...